[scribus] Dual installation of 1.3.5 and 1.3.3.12 (Linux)

[a.l.e]

ciao greg

> > $ /usr/local/bin
> > $ ln -s /usr/local/scribus_135/bin/scribus scribus_135
> > $ ln -s /usr/local/scribus_133x/bin/scribus scribus_133x
> what this brings up, though, is a pertinent issue: why should the
> default behavior of a binary cause the stable version to compete with
> the development version?
> This is actually a constant feature of Scribus, that at any given
> time, there is a stable version and development version.
> 
> Perhaps the devs could consider the possibility of having default
> binary installations that do not compete with each other.

this is a feature, not a bug :-)

it's typical for all linux (or unix?) apps to put the self-compiled
software into /usr/local/.
scribus just complies to the standard.

the big advantage is, that you will have all your self compiled
binaries in /usr/local/bin/, the matching config files
in /usr/local/etc/ and ...
it's just like /usr/ but... for the real user and not the distribution.

if you use it that way, it will just work and, since most of the
time /usr/local/bin/ is in your $PATH, you will be able to run your apps
as soon as their installed.

the downside is, that you may start messing up the things when you
have different versions of one app installed in /usr/local/ or when you
want to remove an app you don't use anymore (or when two apps try to
write the a bin or a lib with the same name to /usr/local).
the packet managers from your distribution do a wonderful job in
managing /usr/, you won't be able to do the same with /usr/local/!

so, clever users may prefer to put every app in its directory and just
put a link in /usr/local/bin/ (and/or eventually
in /usr/local/lib, ...).

but it's up to you to change the install path!

i've been using this schema for years and it's mostly straightforward
(in most cases you just need to link one file /usr/local/bin or i just
run it directly from its own directory; it's very rare that i also
have to link libraries and config files). still, i dont't wish, that
scribus starts to use another default path than the standard one.

let's keep like everybody does, even if it's a pain!
the alternative would be, to try to change the standard... it won't be
an easy task!


voilà, my 20cents...

ciao
a.l.e